Show chief of police of chicago says it is an eyesore chicago nov 4 la athe opinion or police colllns art in ilg nakedness is an ey osoro the classic lines of the statues on exhibition at the art institute and at the field columbian museum need bome dioro than sandals and fig leaves to alieen them from the public gaze which Is to contamination chief colllns is for draperies on sculpture not already provided with habali ments by the all this irr the interest of the public morals tho chief does not say what drastic measures be will adopt in trying to remedy the evil he not decided yesterday whether a big plaster copy Q and the centaur should be swathed in indian blankets or whether a high board fence should be built about it up to the level of the shoulders for instance elvery nude statue in public view should be draped said the chief especially ally the statue of a woman this is true of the big exhibitions including the art institute if are any statues there it does hat matter how artistic the poses nor how lines drape em all the venus de allos draped ana ashes all right thai ont harm anybody but theeb are too immodest 1 |